Ex-aid may have handled upgrades and addons the worse out of any Rider series I've ever seen. It's just stuff thrown on. Not even a colour change or full body armour-up.

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Originally Posted by Aoki

I miss old rider motifs and form decisions, all of Ex-Aid's rider forms feel so tacked-on and it makes the series hard to get into.

I honestly miss the days of simple recolours with new weapons. Like Kuuga or W or hell, even Wizard's forms felt more different. Problem is those simple, elegant colour changes with minor new details only work if the design is simple and elegant to start. The cluttered messes that are Ex-aid's designs don't lend themselves well to this philosophy, but it'd be better than this.

Actually, scratch that, Gaim and Drive had more elaborate suits and their form changes were just fine. I guess it's just the awful design decisions.

The figure looks nice, etc. But like...I can't help but feel that this is just a big cash grab. It's really just Brave with a new arm. Do these oddly specific figures really sell that well? I find it hard to believe that there's much of a market for it.